1:31 pm - 10/24/2011
Taylor Swift wants children in the Pennsylvania city of Reading to hit the books — and she's made that easier by giving 6,000 volumes to the local library.
Librarians unveiled the donation from the Grammy-winning country singer Thursday. Swift grew up in nearby Wyomissing and wasn't able to attend the event.
Swift partnered with publisher Scholastic Inc. to donate the books for children and young adults. The titles were chosen by local librarians.
Reading is a struggling city about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Swift's representatives told library officials she wanted to help economically troubled libraries.
Librarians say Swift's books will be marked with a white star on the spine and a sticker inside. They say they hope Swift's popularity will motivate more children and teens to read.
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Taylor Swift Donates 6,000 Books To Struggling Library
Taylor Swift wants children in the Pennsylvania city of Reading to hit the books — and she's made that easier by giving 6,000 volumes to the local library.Librarians unveiled the donation from the Grammy-winning country singer Thursday. Swift grew up in nearby Wyomissing and wasn't able to attend the event.
Swift partnered with publisher Scholastic Inc. to donate the books for children and young adults. The titles were chosen by local librarians.
Reading is a struggling city about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Swift's representatives told library officials she wanted to help economically troubled libraries.
Librarians say Swift's books will be marked with a white star on the spine and a sticker inside. They say they hope Swift's popularity will motivate more children and teens to read.
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getting children to read. what a cunt.
13,000 bitch
Book series I read as a kid:
Sweet Valley (Twins & High)
Animorphs
Boxcar Children
Tamora Pierce (still read, tbh)
Fear Street
My sister read the Babbysitter's Club, my mom read Nancy Drew. :) I hope a bunch of these were included, because they're the sort of things that get kids reading on the regular.
nancy drew was so fierce!
Also, Anastasia Krupnik, hbic
Only book a kids needs.
Sweet Valley (Twins & High)
The Boxcar Children (the first one was the very best, though)
Choose Your Own Adventure
Christopher Pike
Behind the Attic Wall ♥
Mandy
A Little Princess
The Outsiders
The Babysitters Club (Stacey was my fave)
V.C. Andrews trash
I was a big BSC fan for awhile too. And Ann Rinaldi books. they sparked my love of historical fiction
babysitters club
alice series by phyllis reynolds naylor (still read!)
judy blume
beverly cleary
ikr
I know because I'm her mother
oh
stay illiterate.
currently timeline
(I was watching my little cousin yesterday and that's the book he wanted me to read when I asked him to pick something)
it's painfully boring
then Dorian Gray
I started ASOIAF ~6 months ago. FML
Doctors from Hell
Delirium
Just finished a YA called Wither.
We need to Talk About Kevin
Currently trying to read:
A Clash of Kings (but with schoolwork I'm barely 200 pages in)
Next up: The Legacy of Conquest
/cool story history grad student
so bummed because i skipped a book (i was in the middle of her series when i started the Game of thrones series)so i can't wait to finish this so i can read the book i skipped. not that it makes a HUGE difference, but it still bothers me
(Sequel to "Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight.")
I bought the Hangman's Daughter at the airport last month that I've yet to read. Did anyone read it?
After the first read, the second book was my favorite. It was so badass, and everything that happened, I thought, was unexpected. The third book is pretty good, too. It's pretty political, and I can't tell you why I love it so much without giving out the ending, haha.
But I don't know how I'm going to like it after a second read. After the first read, I loved Gale, hated Peeta, Prim was OK, and the mom was a terrible and weak person, but now that I'm reading it the second time, I'm liking Peeta a lot more and I'm hating Gale.
But good for her for donating books. I hope none of them were Twilight/Cassandra Claire/Hush Hush.